| ▲ | whoopdedo 4 days ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most comedy is tragic.[1] And laughing is an inherently selfish act, as Mel Brooks observed when he said, "comedy is when you fall in an open sewer and die."[2] [1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/06/25/comedy-plus/ [2] https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mel-brooks-film-exc... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | MayeulC 4 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Comedy is tragedy plus time". That quote seems to have multiple origins, though I remember it from Portal, an unlikely source. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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